Pro-Vaccine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cuts Deal to Keep Establishment View on Vaccines in order to Become the new Secretary of Health and Human Services
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was sworn in as the new Secretary of Health and Human Services this week, after reportedly making concessions and cutting a deal with the man who stood in his way and could have prevented his Senate approval, Senator Bill Cassidy, the pediatrician and medical doctor from Louisiana, and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Senate Subcommittee. Kennedy needed Cassidy's approval to make it out of the HELP Senate Committee and come before the full Senate to be approved. Cassidy made it clear that he did not approve of Kennedy's past positions on vaccines, and went public after he voted to approve Kennedy and send him to the Senate floor for a full vote, to announce that he had secured several concessions from Kennedy and Trump before approving him. Among those concessions was to keep the CDC child immunization schedule in tact, keep the FDA drug and vaccine approval process in tact, and agree to NOT replace anything on the CDC website that claims vaccines do not cause autism. Senator Cassidy also stated publicly that he will have "an unprecedentedly close relationship" with Kennedy, and that Kennedy would consult with him "multiple times a month" and also consult with him on any appointments Kennedy would make, making one wonder if Senator Cassidy would actually be the one running the Department of Health and Human Services instead of Kennedy.